About Me

Jonathan Payne is a freelance artist residing in Santa Clarita, California. His sculptures and paintings focus primarily on creature and character design . He has studied under Jordu Schell (Men In Black, Edward Scissorhands, Avatar), concept sculptor Simon Lee and fine art sculptor John Brown. He prefers to sculpt in oil, polymer and WED clays. Recently he has become consumed with creating an original line of tumorous balls of flesh known as the Fleshlettes. In addition to his macabre "babies" he also enjoys composing fine art sculptures depicting both wildlife and the human form. Jonathan is available for hire as a freelance artist and for individual commissions.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

This is a quasi-family portrait of Lacie,Hugo and I that started as a joking sketch (link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacierunolfson/634475786/ ) but was requested by Lacie's mom to be turned into a fully painted portrait for her birthday present.